Murder accused Jonathan Keogh had a pair of ear plugs seized from him by gardaí for the purpose of attaining DNA evidence after he was extradited from the UK, a trial has been told.

A key witness did not grasp the “seriousness” of her situation when she made a statement to gardaí concerning the fatal shooting of Gareth Hutch, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A State witness, who was given immunity from prosecution, has been giving evidence at the trial of three people accused of murdering Gareth Hutch.

This is a family, not a cartel.

A Dublin man who was extradited from the UK to be charged with the murder of Gareth Hutch in a shooting last year will be tried in the Special Criminal Court.

A man has been extradited from the UK and charged with the murder of Gareth Hutch in Dublin's north inner city.

A man is appearing in court around now in connection with the death of Gareth Hutch.

A 39-year-old woman has been sent forward for trial to the Special Criminal Court accused of the murder of Gareth Hutch who was shot dead outside his home in Dublin, writes Tom Tuite.

A man has been arrested in the UK in connection with the murder of Gareth Hutch in Dublin.

The 35-year-old father of one was shot dead last year - in a killing that is believed to be linked to the Hutch-Kinahan feud.

A 29-year-old man accused of the murder of Gareth Hutch, who was shot dead getting into his car outside his home in Dublin, has been sent forward for trial to the Special Criminal Court.

A 29-year-old man replied “not guilty” when he was charged yesterday with the murder of Gareth Hutch, who was shot dead as he was getting into his car outside his home in Dublin.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Gareth Hutch.

A 29-year-old man charged with unlawful possession of a handgun in connection with the murder of Gareth Hutch in Dublin has been further remanded in custody pending the preparation of a book of evidence.

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed that 50 gardaí are being assigned to the new gangland task force.

A 50-strong taskforce to tackle gangland crime will be unveiled by the Government next week.

Gardaí said they “definitely saved lives” after foiling a planned gun attack in Crumlin, south Dublin.

An internal INLA dispute and the Kinahan-Hutch feud are being examined as motives for the latest gun attack in Dublin.

It was a moment of joy in the worst of days for Preston Hutch. After following his father’s coffin the 300m or so from the front door of his grandmother’s house to the church, he released the birds on the steps of the chapel.

A 29-year-old man has been charged in relation to the gangland murder of Gareth Hutch in Dublin last week.

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The Cabinet will today discuss ways to address increasing concerns around gangland crime following the recent killing in the spiralling Hutch-Kinahan feud.

Two women and a man were arrested yesterday as gardaí close the net on those behind the spate of gangland murders in Dublin’s north inner city.

The ripples from this latest gun killing have shivered across society. Once more, there is a sense of panic. Where will it all end? Do these thugs have free rein to murder at will, asks Michael Clifford

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A Garda chief has said he is “absolutely confident” that investigations into four murders in his area will be successful.

Frontline gardaí predict the unprecedented violence on the streets of Dublin “will only get worse” and fear for the lives of unarmed gardaí responding to the shootings.

Cormac O’Keeffe delves into the bloodbath raging on the streets of Dublin, a war where cartel bosses on the southside of the city and abroad, are ‘pulling the strings'.

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been criticised for saying he “can do nothing to stop” the current spate of gangland murders, which has claimed seven lives in 100 days.

He said he can do nothing.

Gardaí can see “no immediate end” to the killing spree by the Kinahan crime cartel, which yesterday carried out its sixth murder, all aimed at the rival Hutch gang.

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Two men have gone on trial accused of the attempted robbery of a cash van during which their alleged accomplice was killed and shot.

FOUR men have appeared in court in connection with an attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit van last year, during which one man was fatally shot by gardaí.

Four men have appeared in court charged over a foiled armed robbery in which one man was shot dead by gardaí.